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Cloudflare unveils Wildebeest, a Mastodon-compatible server hosted on its Supercloud
With the Mastodon social network and the Fediverse becoming such a hot topic recently, Cloudflare Inc. is coming to the rescue of people who want to join the network by running their own server or instance in order to experiment with the platform. Cloudflare introduced Wildebeest today, an open-source, easy-to-deploy Mastodon-capable server built entirely atop ...
Digital asset protection startup Coincover raises $30M to protect against hacks or human error
Coincover, a provider of crypto asset protection and recovery alongside theft insurance, today announced that it has secured $30 million in a round led by Foundation Capital. Founded in 2018, the startup addresses security issues that threaten crypto companies by delivering solutions that help businesses secure their crypto assets and ensure that they never lose ...
Google releases first developer preview for Android 14
The Android team at Google LLC today released the first developer preview for Android 14, which provides more productivity updates for developers, improvements for device health systems and more options for user customization. Previews provide much-needed preparation time and breathing room for application developers to see what’s coming down the pipeline and provide feedback about ...
Drone infrastructure inspection firm DroneBase rebrands to Zeitview and raises $55M
DroneBase, an advanced infrastructure inspection firm for renewable energy that uses imagery from drones and other sources, announced Tuesday that it has raised $55 million in new funding and rebranded itself to Zeitview. The funding round, led by Valor Equity Partners, will be used to help Zeitview expand its current business operations and support its ...
Microsoft unveils new AI-powered upgrade for Bing search engine with OpenAI’s ChatGPT
Microsoft Corp. today unveiled a revamp of its Bing search engine and Edge web browser powered by OpenAI LLC’s popular ChatGPT artificial intelligence chatbot AI, in a bold bid to boost their search and answer capabilities. Announced at a press briefing today in Seattle, the news comes shortly after Microsoft made plans to invest billions ...
Tech giant Dell joins Hedera distributed ledger platform governing council
Distributed ledger technology company Hedera Hashgraph LLC announced today that tech giant Dell Technologies Inc. will join the company’s governing council, enabling the company to explore distributed ledger and Web3 technologies by running its own Hedera node and developing its own distributed applications. The Hedera Governing Council consists of up to 39 organizations that govern ...
GlossAi raises $8M for AI video editing and content creation platform
GlossAi Ltd., a company that produces an AI-driven platform for producing large-scale video content using generative AI, today announced that it has raised $8 million in a seed funding round to develop the capabilities of its service and reach a wider audience. New Era Capital led GlossAi’s seed round with participation from GuideStar Ventures, 97212 ...
Magic raises $23M to build an AI-driven tool to help developers write code
Magic AI Inc., a startup that’s building an artificial intelligence platform to generate code, said today that it has raised $23 million in new funding to build out its team and prepare its product for launch. The Series A funding round was led by Alphabet’s CapitalG and was joined by Elad Gil, Nat Friedman and ...
Google invests $300M in generative AI startup Anthropic as competition looms
Google LLC today revealed that it has invested $300 million in Anthropic, a startup that researches and develops “reliable and controllable” artificial intelligence systems, as part of the search giant’s foray into generative AI, one of the hottest areas of technology today. As part of the deal, Google will receive about a 10% stake in ...
BlockJoy ‘nodes-as-a-service’ provider for Web3 raises nearly $11M in funding
BlockJoy Inc., a Web3 infrastructure company that develops node management solutions for blockchain providers, announced Thursday that it has raised nearly $11 million to reduce operating costs for providers. The company said that it raised the money across combined seed and Series A funding rounds from Gradient Ventures, Draper Dragon, Dragon Roark, Active Capital, Borderless ...